Implementing a US Carbon Tax

Ian Parry is Principal Environmental Fiscal Policy Expert in the Fiscal Affairs Department of the IMFAdele Morris is a fellow and policy director for Climate and Energy Economics at the Brookings Institution.Roberton C. Williams III is a Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Maryland, Senior Fellow and Director of Academic Programs at Resources for the Future, and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

• 1. Carbon Taxes as Part of the Fiscal Solution 2. Choosing among Mitigation Instruments: How Strong is the Case for a US Carbon Tax? 3. Administration of a US Carbon Tax 4. Carbon Taxes to Achieve Emissions Targets – Insights from EMF 24 5. Macroeconomic Effects of Carbon Taxes 6. The Distributional Burden of a Carbon Tax: Evidence and Implications for Policy 7. Offsetting a Carbon Tax’s Burden on Low-Income Households 8. Carbon Taxes and Corporate Tax Reform 9. Carbon Taxes and Energy Intensive Trade Exposed Industries: Impacts and Options 10. The Role of Energy Technology Policy Alongside Carbon Pricing 11. Mixing It Up: Power Sector Energy and Regional and Regulatory Climate Policies in the Presence of a Carbon Tax 12. Implications of Carbon Taxes for Transportation Policies 13. Comparing Countries’ Climate Mitigation Efforts in a Post-Kyoto World